Over the past few decades, there has been a constant pursuit for lightweight and high-
performance energy absorption structures and materials in automobiles, trains, ships …

We are rapidly approaching an inflection point in the adoption of electric vehicles on the
roads. All major automotive companies are having well-funded plans for mass market …

Basic ductile fracture experiments for sheet metal (or flat coupons extracted from bulk
material) are presented to characterize the onset of fracture at different stress states. Special …

Abstract The Mohr–Coulomb (M–C) fracture criterion is revisited with an objective of
describing ductile fracture of isotropic crack-free solids. This criterion has been extensively …

In this study, the ductile fracture of the alloy metal is analyzed. First, the key factors affecting
the initiation of ductile fracture are investigated. Then, a new uncoupled ductile fracture …

In this paper, a phase-field model for ductile fracture previously proposed in the
kinematically linear regime is extended to the three-dimensional finite strain setting, and its …

A ductile fracture criterion is newly proposed to model fracture behavior of sheet metals for
nucleation, growth and shear coalescence of voids during plastic deformation. In the new …

Classical metal plasticity theory assumes that the hydrostatic pressure has no or negligible
effect on the material strain hardening, and that the flow stress is independent of the third …

Recent advances in the automated manufacture of composite structures have renewed the
interest in fibre metal laminate (FML) structures in various engineering sectors. FML …

Numerous criteria have been developed for ductile fracture (DF) prediction in metal plastic
deformation. Finding a way to select these DF criteria (DFCs) and identify their applicability …